LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3727, 8 December 1927, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr E. Healey, of Sydney, is at present on a visit to Foxton.

Whitebait is still running in Hie Manawatn River, and Mr Andreson informs us that the quality of the ’bait is excellent.

Robert Wilson, a guard on the Tnatapere train, was killed during shunting operations at Te Tua, ■Southland, on Monday afternoon. Both his legs were severed. Deceased, who was forty years of age, leaves a widow and a young family. This evening the moon will undergo a total eclipse. Although the phenomenon will he visible over a large portion of the globe, in New Zealand there will he nothing to see mil il just before sunrise on Friday morning when early risers may be rewarded by a brief glimpse of the obscuration.

It is reported that a farmer in liie Apiti dislrct lost approximately 301) sheep in the recent storm. An-' other farmer near Marton is reported to have lost well over 100 sheep, while one at Mangaweka lost about 70. All through the district where shearing was in full swing, farmers lost sheep. At the quarterly meeting of the Board of Agriculture, Wellington, held on Tuesday, the position of the Central Development Farm at Weraroa was carefully considered and it was decided to recommend to the Government that the farm be sold and the proceeds set apart for the development of experimental and research work of the Department of Agriculture.

Good progress is being made with the construction of the new bridge across the 'Mnnawatu river at Shannon. The contractors have got the piles in almost the whole distance across. With every set of permanent piles it will be necessary to have two' sets of temporary piles on which a gangway will be built to enable material to lie conveyed over when the girders arc being erected. These piles are being erected as the permanent ones are being put in.

The funeral of the late Mr. George Warren Satherlcy, which took place at Foxton yesterday was largely attended. Rev. Williams, of 'Levin, conducted impressive services at the house and graveside.

“Light is getting lazy,” says a French scientist, the Abbe Moreux, according to the Paris correspondent of the “Daily Mail.” His calculations show that since early in the nineteenth century the speed of light has decreased regularly by 2 b miles a second each year, 1 from 19230 miles a second to about 186,000 miles a second. The variation he says, is not attributable to more accurate measurement in the later observations, and a satisfactory explanation is not available. Phylis Valerie Copland, aged 18 months, a daughter of Mr J. Copland, of Chertsey (Ashburton) was killed in distressing circumstances on 'Sunday. Her mother] \vas getting a car from the garage when the child unseen by others, got in the way, and was struck by the car. Her skull was fractured. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned.

A return of the building activity in the larger centres of the Dominion for the month of October is published in the Abstract of Statistics. The figures include the following:—Value of building permits: Auckand and suburban districts (population 200,525), £380,184; Wellington (128,980), £377,727; Christchurch (101,955), £83,878; Dunedin (82,255), £163,480; Wanganui (24,420), £12,585; Pamerston North (18,835), £14,740; Masterton (5,130), £3,960; Blenheim (5,130), £3,960; Nelson (10,360), £3,469. “I would not like to say Palmerston North gets everything it/asks for,” stated Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., at the Palmerston N. Technical School breaking-up ceremony on Tuesday eveninb. “It is very nearly true but not quite,. There are some buildings in the course of erection but more are wanted and it will not be long before you will hear of further advances in the matter of schools in Palmerston North. [lt is hoped that the Board and Department will give prior consideration to the requirements of school buildings in the out-districts before any more money is expended in Palmerston North.] After a. lapse of some years, Poverty Bay is again entering into the pork export business (says the Herald/. Whereas when attempts were made in this direction in the past the exports found their way to the English market, now they have found a consumer near home. Quite recently a representative of an Australian bacon curing firm was in this district, his object being to make arrangements for supplies for his works and as a result from 1,090 to 1,400 carcases will be sent over the Tasman this summer. Already a small shipment has gone forward, while another lot. is to be sent some time next month. It is stated that the price paid to the breeders is fid per pound, which is said to be the highest figure that is being paid in the Dominion to-day. During 1 the session of Parliament which closed on Monday evening, the House of Represetantives met on 105 days —a record. The periods of sittings before midnight totalled 685 hours 33 minutes, and after midnight 91 hours 20 minutes, the daily average being 7 hours 24 minutes. One hundred and one public Bills received the Royal assent and 38 were dropped. Two hundred and eighty-three' petitions were presented from Europeans and 63 from Maoris. The divisions in the whole House were 30 and in Committee 54. Two hundred and sixty questions were asked of Ministers, and 22 returns were granted. Two hundred and seventy-four papers were laid upon the table and 120 were ordered to be printed. The reports from Select Committees numbered 400.

“What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps thl greatest we owe to the discovery of America.” So wrote the late Sir Arthur Helps-, and millions of smokers the world over have doubtless endorsed his words. But great as is our indebtedness to America for giving us the priceless boon of tobacco, the fact remains that practically all the American brands in use-to-day contain an excess of nicotine. And that is bad, as any doctor will tell you. It is no less true that the purest tobaccos of all, —i.e., those comparatively ITee from nicotine are our own New Zealand varieties. They arc so pure, in fact, that they may be indulged in with the utmost impunity. The leaf is toasted in the process of manufacture. Hence their delicious flavour and delightful fra granee. They come in several strength:;, and are thus adapted to

:.!! tastes. You can get them at any tobaccosist’s. Ask for “Riverbead Gold” mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), full strength.